Wednesday December 3 11:55 AM EST

Man dances on handrail at concert, dies

PONTIAC, Mich., Dec. 3 (UPI) _ A 31-year-old west Michigan man is dead after dancing on a handrail and then falling 23 feet to a concrete floor below at a Rolling Stones concert.

Witnesses said Eric Zylema (ZIGH'-leh-mah) of Caledonia, Mich., had danced on the handrail on a second level several times during the opening night concert Tuesday at the Pontiac Silverdome.

Police say many at the concert were unaware of the accident.

It was not clear whether the victim was intoxicated.

Officials said it was the first non-medical death at a concert at the Silverdome. _-

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